American Airlines Takes Delivery Of 50th Boeing 737 MAX 8
American Airlines took delivery of its 50th Boeing 737 MAX 8 last week. It has been almost six years since American welcomed its first MAX.
American inducts 50th MAX
The carrier reached the milestone of 50 737 MAX 8s following the delivery of N319TE last week. The narrowbody flew from Boeing Field (BFI) in Seattle to American's hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on July 19th.
The brand-new jet departed Boeing Field at 14:08, over two hours later than scheduled, and landed at Dallas/Fort Worth at 19:29. That makes it eight 737 MAX deliveries for American in 2023, with six of those arriving since the beginning of June.
After suffering production and quality control issues earlier this year, Boeing got back on track with deliveries in May, flying 35 MAXs to customers that month, rising to 48 in June.
American and the MAX
Since firming up options for another 30 jets, American will eventually operate a fleet of 130 MAXs, meaning there are still 80 to be delivered. The carrier recently said it will take delivery of a total of 23 planes in 2023, of which 13 have already arrived. This leaves 10 to go, and two of these are believed to be MAXs.
American welcomed the first MAX 8 into its fleet in September 2017 and would operate over 20 MAXs by the end of 2018. Following the second MAX crash involving Ethiopian Airlines in March 2019, American would wait over 18 months for another MAX delivery, which eventually came in December 2020.
The airline's MAXs can seat up to 172 passengers in a two-class configuration - 16 in business and 156 in economy.
Source: Simpleflying
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